‘Llond Llaw’ is Los Blancos through and through, self – deprecating and always creatively honest. “It’s an absolute rejection of narcissistic bullshit, an antidote against pompous, self-indulgence, a miscellany of mischief and camaraderie.”
“Uncivilized creativity” as the band call it is on display throughout ‘Llond Llaw’. “Planning and conceptualising was secondary when writing the album, the playing and the song- writing is primitive and honest, laissez-faire attitude in creating something meaningful out of chaos.”
Dewi Jones the bands bassist / vocalist mentioned a quote from Matthew Baker’s collection of, Middle America based short stories “Why Visit America” that encapsulates what the songs from ‘Llond Llaw’ became as a collection, “Welcome, dear visitor, to a proud and storied nation. When you put down this guidebook, look around you. A nation isn’t land, a nation is people”.
“I liked the idea and think that it matched what we have created without trying. We tell stories about the world as we see it, by talking about people we know.”
‘Sbwriel Gwyn’, Los Blancos celebrated debut album was the band leaning into a stereotype … that they were brash, young, West Wales hicks caught in the trendy, sophisticated, urban scene. If their debut album “Sbwriel Gwyn” was a bunch of slackers expressing their heartfelt anxieties and trying to make sense of the world, their follow up album is the band in a more secure place, sitting back and observing and commenting on the people and characters surrounding them. Their stories, their mannerisms and the things that make us all human.
What we find throughout the varied 13 songs that make up this uncompromising record is a honest mix of sincere adoration and wiseguy remarks. People-watching an eclectic group, some real, some fictional and some that are all of us!! We see each member, as all have contributed to the songwriting, paint portraits of characters in their lives, which also offers a window into the worldview of the band.
The raw energy and passion of the debut is still there, but ‘Llond Llaw’ sees Los Blancos harness a new composure and confidence with creative openness. “Still an unpretentious loveable bunch of creative savages who wear their flaws and their hearts on their sleeves.”
Their slacker-rock ethos can still be seen dripping from every note they play and also permeates the type of character they sing about. Similar to someone like Bukowski, Kerouac or Tom Waits, Los Blancos see the good in the bad, the dirty, and the broken; See and celebrate the beauty in the imperfect.
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